The nitty gritty of how to separate nova-volumes into its own service and assigning action items. A rough outline of topics: Management: 1) Picking a name: cinder? 2) Founding of the core team 3) PTL election process 4) API design and management Action Plan: 1) Creating python-xxxxxclient 2) Alternative implementation of nova/volume/api.py that talks to client 3) Moving code into separate repo 4) Participation in openstack-common 5) Migration plan from Essex (Session lead is Vishvananda Ishaya)